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This summer, federal officials issued regulations designed to encourage the expansion of coverage options that are exempt from key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). One of those rules makes it easier to form association health plans (AHPs) and offer this less regulated coverage to small businesses and people who are self-employed. Though a legal challenge to the new rule is ongoing, some types of AHPs were allowed to take advantage of the weaker standards beginning September 1, while all such entities will be able to do so by April 2019.        
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: blogs